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Vagina Museum! The Museum of Vagina is the brain child of Florence Schechter a YouTuber who makes videos about animal vaginas and animal penises. However she soon realised it was hard to research vaginas and penis as there was no Vagina Museums! So he has vowed to open the first Vagina Museum in London. It would cover vagina history, vagina science and vagina culture.

There’s no real, blunt vag chat going on in sex education. There are few conversations around vulva without nearest and dearest. And there’s no museum dedicated to educating the world about all things vagina.

She considered that perhaps there was a museum dedicated to vaginas – just like the penis museum in Iceland. There’s not. Well, there’s a virtual one. But no concrete place to go and learn about all things vag.

So Florence decided to make that place. She’s launched a full-on campaign to open the world’s first vagina museum, to celebrate vag and educate everyone about our downstairs wonders.

‘Vaginas are amazing,’ Florence told metro.co.uk. ‘There is such a wonderful variety out there and diversity is what makes this world beautiful.

‘Vaginas are not talked about enough. Why is that?’

Florence’s found further motivation for the campaign from stats from the Eve Appeal, which reported that only half of women aged between 26 and 35 are able to correctly label the vagina on a diagram. Which is ridiculous.

‘This isn’t just a problem in itself,’ says Florence. ‘They are just another body part and there’s no reason to feel any shame.‘But this has major implications such as people not going to their doctors about their health as they aren’t comfortable talking about it, not seeking help.

‘Issues like consent and contraception, though vitally important for every single person on the planet, are barely talked about so many don’t know what to do when these issues become relevant in their life.’

So no, her mission is not just down to a desire to wonder around a museum pointing out vulva. She wants to break down the silence around vaginas – and change the world in the process.

Florence’s dream for the museum includes three main galleries: science, culture, and history.In the science section, the museum would explore the key parts of the vagina (vulva, clitoris, uterus, etc), processes the vagina goes through (conception, orgasm, menstruation, menopause), disorders and diseases, ‘your vagina and you’ (which will cover sexuality, consent, gender identity, and contraception), and, finally, animals.

The culture section would be more, well, cultural.

It would explore the way we depict and view vaginas in art, literature, music, and society, as well as issues such as FGM and sexual violence.In the history bit you’d get to enjoy a timeline of vaginas, looking at research into vaginas, the history of feminism, and the state of feminism today.

It’ll hopefully be located in London, and alongside the free collections and exhibits, there’ll also be paid-for evening events such as comedy nights, plays, workshops, and classes, plus community outreach.

Oh, and there will also be a cafe serving vagina cupcakes and a gift shop with vagina-themed merchandise.

Which all sounds brilliant.

The hope is that the very existence of the museum will break down our embarrassment and silence around vaginas – and make us just as comfortable as we are when it comes to penises.

‘Some of our worst insults are vagina-based,’ says Florence. ‘Compare the impact of c*** vs. dick. To “be a pussy” is an insult.

‘How could anyone be comfortable talking about their vagina when we use them to slur people?’

And, realistically, how can anyone be comfortable with their vaginas when we act like they’re too inappropriate to talk about in the first place?

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They are beautiful and natural and should be celebrated, because every single one is a perfect marvel. But even the word vagina still makes a lot of people squirm.

Those people might need to look away now (though we don’t recommend it).

By making an image of a vagina taboo, it affects the way we talk about them and when at least half the population have one, that seems pretty insane. It’s resulted in us not feeling confident to ask questions, not knowing how to take care of them properly and a rise in surgeries like labiaplasty.

There is no shame in celebrating your body, and if you look closely, vaginas are everywhere. Instagram account Look at This Pussy is the perfect reminder of that.

Founded and run by LA-based pals Chelsea Jones and Eva Sealove, Look at This Pussy is filled with beautiful images that at first glance appear to be, well – vaginas.

All of the glorious images and witty descriptions aim to help get us talking about female genitalia. It’s a feminist and body positive haven on a platform that is proven to generally make us feel pretty crappy about ourselves.

And with a following of over 160K, the account is brightening the feed of many a happy ‘gram user.

All of the food, clothing and everyday household objects featured are perfect reflections of female beauty, and the words accompanying them all help to drive the message of self-love and self-acceptance home.

More than 35 per cent of women will experience a sleep orgasm before the age of 45 – find out how you can as well

A ‘sleep orgasm’ may seem a distant fantasy – but it is much more common than you realise.

The phenomenon, where you wake up climaxing, is not just a regular pleasure for hormonal teenagers.

Around 37 per cent of women will climax while dozing by the age of 45, according to researchers.

It occurs primarily in women aged between their 40s and mid-50s, Broadly reports.

Jade, 24, told the magazine sleep orgasms can occur a couple of times a week, with or without the help of self-pleasure.

She said: “It’s a bit like a present from your brain.”

There are a number of ways your chances of having a sleep orgasm can be increased.

These include lying on your front when you sleep, being particularly tired before bed and when you haven’t experienced an orgasm for awhile.

Kinky thoughts as you’re nodding off also increase the likelihood.

Researchers and writers for The Orgasm Answer Guide say: “There is good reason to believe that orgasms while sleeping are not, in fact, the result of genital stimulation, but instead are created in the brain.”

Only 25 per cent of women consistently orgasmic during sexual intercourse, with experts stating that is much more complex for women than men.

But Dr Debby Herbenick, associate professor at Indiana University , told Broadly: “Orgasms generally gets easier with age and experience, and when women have sex with regular partners who they feel care about them, thus we see higher rates of orgasm among those in their mid to late 20s, 30s, and 40s.”

Smoking cannabis ‘dries out your vagina’ author claims – but there is hope

Doctor who wrote hit book on drugs and sex says smoking marijuana can dry out your mouth and your vagina

It’s a phenomenon that’s been dubbed the “cotton vagina” in urban dictionaries and been brought to light on internet forums.

But up until now there has been very little expert opinion on the urban myth that smoking weed, just like allergies to medicines, can dry out the vagina.

Writing for Vice, Sophie Saint Thomas spoke to Dr Julie Holland, author of must-read Moody Bitches: The Truth About the Drugs You’re Taking, the Sleep You’re Missing, the Sex You’re Not Having and What’s Really Making You Crazy, about the reported side effect.

When asked whether vaginal dryness was linked to marijuana use, just like dry mouth, Dr Holland said: “Exactly like dry mouth. It’s the same thing. It’s the drying of the mucus membranes.

“Now not all pot is going to give you dry mouth, but if you have had a strain that is giving you dry mouth, it will also make you more dry [down there].”

But other factors can have more impact on levels of lubrication, the medical expert said.

“In general the thing that makes women dry is the pill. Because there’s all this different mucus that happens throughout your cervical cycle.

“As Mother Nature designs it, when you’re fertile, you’re wet. But if you’re on the pill, you don’t ovulate; you don’t get that mid-cycle wetness.”

Dr Holland said using coconut oil, or even cannabis lube Foria, could help alleviate any vaginal discomfort from smoking the drug.

“Foria? I’ve heard of it,” she said. “I haven’t tried it and don’t have any data, but here’s what I will say that’s very important: I believe it’s in a base of coconut oil and I think that coconut oil is excellent for lubrication.

“I’ve had patients tell me, I’ve had friends tell me, it is better than any other lube they’ve tried.”

Semenette Ejaculating Dildo Sex Toy For Couples – This sex toy can help you get pregnant (and give you pleasure at the same time)

If you’re trying to have a baby and the thought of being artificially inseminated by a turkey baster doesn’t appeal, look no further.

There’s a new sex toy on the market which promises to make the whole process of home insemination sexy by giving you pleasure, too.

The Semenette, created by Stephanie Berman, is an ejaculating sex toy with pump-based technology, designed for lesbian couples trying to conceive a child of their own.

Berman – a reproductive health expert from Boston – created the toy after she and wife, Kiersten Marie, were left dismayed by the options available to them.

‘The only options other than going to a doctor’s office would be with a turkey baster or a needle-less syringe,’ the entrepreneur told Refinery29.

‘We started using those types of things and quickly realized it was as awful as it sounds. There is nothing romantic or sexy and fun about trying to impregnate your wife with a turkey baster!’

Berman’s invention proved successful and she and Marie welcomed a baby girl, Isabella, in 2014, leading to a surge in popularity of the $139.99 toy.

And it’s not just lesbian couples who are buying the invention. Men with erectile dysfunction and disabilities, and transgender people are also turning to the Semenette to help them start a family with their partners.

Having sold 500 toys, Berman is now working on the second generation Semenette, which will be available in a variety of colours, shapes and widths.

“Sex Selfie Stick” Lets You Take Vagina Selfies, Just Like You’ve Always Wanted

When it comes to sexting, people with penises have it all too easy — as anyone who’s ever tried to hold a mirror up to their vagina in order to insert a tampon (or check for STIs, or whatever) can tell you, it’s incredibly difficult to maneuver visual devices down there, so I’d imagine getting a good picture of your undercarriage would be near impossible. But not anymore: the invention of the Svakom Gaga Camera Vibrator allows you to Facetime from inside your vagina, for when topless pics simply won’t cut it. Now you can get all up in your own business without having to contort your body into weird positions, or squat over the toilet with a hand mirror, because neither of those things are particularly fun or sexy.

The device basically looks like any other vibrator you might have, with the only differences being it has a camera attached to the end with lights surrounding it so you can take high-quality (and extremely intimate) photo fodder for sexts. You can take either pictures or videos, which can then be uploaded to your computer or smartphone. The vibrator also syncs with Facetime in case you want more face-to-face — er, vag — sexy times.

I’m going to go ahead and say that syncing pics of your privates to your phone or laptop sounds like a sex scandal waiting to happen, but hey, maybe I’m just paranoid. Although, admittedly, now I’m kind of curious to know how my vagina looks from the inside, so pros and cons, maybe?

And, I mean this could be a handy way for people to learn about their bodies in a safe and private way. As online vendor Lovehoney puts it:

Orgasms are an amazing display of passion and satisfaction, from muscle spasms and curling toes to clenched hands and heavy breathing, but have you ever wondered what happens inside the body during climax? The Svakom Gaga provides all the answers…

Yep, they got me, I officially want to know.

If the Svakom Gaga Camera Vibrator sounds like your next bedroom must-have, you can buy it online at Lovehoney for the low (?) price of £119.99 (approximately $184). It’s actually out of stock on their site until March 16, so it just goes to show you that there really is a market for vibrator/camera hybrids. Until then, I guess you’ll just have to settle for a flashlight and a self-timer? A regular selfie stick? Long and flexible arms? Whatever works for you, I guess.

Gwyneth Paltrow Steams Her Vagina || V-Steam Vagina Health Treatment – Gwyneth steaming her vagina is the best thing she’s done in years

“Hey, did you see what Gwyneth Paltrow said about vaginas?” a friend emailed the other day. Now, I tend to get a lot of email about Gwyneth Paltrow, mostly thanks to an open letter I wrote a year ago that has people convinced I need to be informed of her every move. Most of the time, my reaction is a resounding “Meh.”

But this? This, I had to see.

And I was not disappointed when I clicked the link he had sent me.

In fact, I was the opposite of disappointed. In a month of depressing news, bleak, serious events and nonstarter blizzards, Paltrow’s recent endorsement of the Mugwort V-Steam is a small bright spot of pure, genius comedy.

What’s that, you say? A Mugwort V-Steam?

It’s a Harry Potter-sounding spa treatment that is, in her own words, “a mini-throne, and a combination of infrared and mugwort steam cleanses your uterus, et al. It is an energetic release — not just a steam douche — that balances female hormone levels.”
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Gwyneth Paltrow turned heads yet again when she showed up to the Los Angeles premiere of “Mortdecai” in a leg-bomb-baring frock.Photo: Splash News

I’m going to give you a minute to read that again: Mini-throne, uterus, steam douche. (Not included: the actual word vagina. But this is what we are talking about here.)

“If you’re in LA,” she adds, “you have to do it.”

I don’t live in LA, so I won’t be partaking of this amazing, terrifying-sounding treatment. Also, from what I’ve read, the health benefits of this are dubious at best.

“Does Paltrow think her fallopian tubes are getting tidied up in the process, too? It does not,” wrote exasperated pediatrician Russell Saunders in a Daily Beast column.

“The female reproductive tract does not need to be cleaned at all. In fact, methods of feminine cleansing like douching can do more harm than good. Women should no more steam their vaginas than flush them with Lysol.”

Granted, the V-Steam is not something Paltrow made up out of thin, steam-filled air — it’s actually a centuries-old practice in Korea called chai-yok, and its practitioners believe it can reduce stress, regulate menstrual cycles and get rid of hemorrhoids.

Still, I’m going to side with the person who actually went to medical school.

But science aside, I am starting to really enjoy Gwynnie. She’s gotten so eccentric, unaware and zanily over-the-top, that she is now on the level of Joaquin Phoenix-style performance art, with an added level of hilarious 2015 Marie Antoinette “Let them eat kale” thrown in for good measure.

She shows up in nude jumpsuits on “The Tonight Show,” performs Broadway-style raps of “Anaconda” and doles out nutty health advice.

She’s gotten people revved up enough times to know the drill: If you want people to stop, you just have to stop making grand pronouncements. Normal celebrities would have retired into a cave for a year and joined five charities in the hopes of getting better publicity, eschewing all interviews save for a quick Q&A to promote their newest movie or their latest line at Target or their most recent episode of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.”

If being honest and open about who you are is a hallmark of happiness, well, then, Gwyneth Paltrow is probably one of the happiest people on the planet. She just does not care — and I like that.

She is weird enough to be one of my friends, any of our friends, really — a quirky, lively, truly bizarre mind in the body of the Prettiest Girl from High School. So with that, I say bravo, Gwyneth. Carry on with your steamed lady parts.

A woman recently managed to sneak a gun past no less than four prison guards with an unusual (and highly dangerous) technique.

Josephine McAllister, 34, allegedly smuggled the handgun into the metropolitan detention centre in Albuquerque by hiding it in her vagina.

Ms McAillister had told confused officers that she had the gun concealed in her waistband during her arrest for possession of stolen credit cards and resisting arrest in December, but didn’t tell the police for fear of bringing more charges on herself.

She also claimed she managed to keep hiding the gun in her waistband the entire time she was being processed by prison officers, despite being searched many times.

Prison staff were alerted to the incident after another inmate found the gun in a bin, leading them to believe it was concealed in her genitals.

Officer Simon Drobik said: ‘We can only be so thorough, and that area is out of the question. We cannot search a body cavity.’

Over the past few weeks I have been talking to friends and family members that seem to be a little lost or confused about their future. They feel stuck with their job and wonder if they will ever get that dream job they are hoping for. Sadly we are not all born for Royal Vagina’s and therefore are not Royal Vagina Baby Kings so due to this you have to find your own way and work hard to get what you dream.

Royal Vagina Babies, Kings and Queens may luck their way into a good job and wage but you can also work hard to reach your goal.

I suggest making a 5 or 10 year plan. Look to the future and try to understand the stepping stone you need to get a little closer to your goal each time. Over time if you study hard and keep moving towards your goal you will finally get to your dream.

After complaining of various health problems, a Scottish woman was found to have a sex toy inside her vagina – and that it had been left there for 10 years.

According to a report by STV News, the 38-year-old visited Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after contracting sepsis and experiencing severe weight loss and urinary incontinence. At the hospital, doctors conducted an X-ray of her abdomen, which showed the five-inch toy protruding into her bladder from her vagina.

According to the Daily Mail, the woman admitted to using the sex toy with her partner 10 years ago; she also noted that she had been under the influence of alcohol at the time and could not recall removing the toy.

After this revelation, the woman was diagnosed with vesicovaginal fistula – a condition that causes urine to flow into the vagina – as well as obstructive uropathy – in which a blockage in the bladder causes urine to back up into the kidneys. Surgeons at Aberdeen successfully removed the sex toy and repaired the near life-threatening damage.

Detailed in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, the case may be the first time a sex toy has been left inside a woman’s body for such a long time. The longest known retention of a foreign object was 35 years.

(Reuters) – Four young women born with abnormal or missing vaginas were implanted with lab-grown versions made from their own cells, the latest success in creating replacement organs that have so far included tracheas, bladders and urethras.

Follow-up tests show the new vaginas are indistinguishable from the women’s own tissue and have grown in size as the young women, who got the implants as teens, matured.

All four of the women are now sexually active and report normal vaginal function. Two of the four, who were born with a working uterus but no vagina, now menstruate normally.

It is not yet clear whether these women can bear children, but because they are menstruating, it suggests their ovaries are working, so it may be possible, said Dr Anthony Atala, director of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina.

Atala said the pilot study is the first to show that vaginal organs custom-built in the lab using patients’ own cells can be successfully used in humans, offering a new option for women who need reconstructive surgeries.

All four of the women in the study were born with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, a rare genetic condition in which the vagina and uterus are underdeveloped or absent. Conventional treatment generally involves the use of grafts made from intestinal tissue or from skin, but both tissues have drawbacks, says Atala, a pediatric urologic surgeon at Wake Forest.

Intestinal tissue produces an excess of mucus, which can cause problems with odor. Conventional skin, meanwhile, can collapse.

Atala said women with this condition usually seek treatment as teenagers. “They can’t menstruate, especially when they have a severe defect where they don’t have an opening,” he said. This can cause abdominal pain as menstrual blood collects in the abdomen. “It has nowhere else to go,” he added.

Girls in the study were aged 13 and 18 at the time of the surgeries, which were performed between June 2005 and October 2008.

The researchers started off by collecting a small amount of cells from genital tissue and grew two types of cells in the lab: muscle cells and epithelial cells, a type of cell that lines body cavities. About four weeks later, the team started applying layers of the cells onto a scaffold made of collagen, a material that can be absorbed by the body. They then shaped the organ to fit each patient’s anatomy, and placed it in an incubator.

A week later, the team created a cavity in the body and surgically attached the vaginal implants to existing reproductive organs. Once implanted, nerves and blood vessels formed to feed the new organ, and new cells eventually replaced the scaffolding as it was absorbed by the body.

“By the six-month time point, you couldn’t tell the difference between engineered organ and the normal organ,” Atala said.

The team continued to monitor the young women, taking tissue biopsies, MRI scans and internal exams, for up to eight years from the initial implants.

All of these tests showed the engineered vaginas “were similar in makeup and function to native tissue,” said Atlantida-Raya Rivera, director of the HIMFG Tissue Engineering Laboratory at the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico City, where the surgeries were performed.

Professor Martin Birchall of UCL Ear Institute in London, who wrote a commentary in the same journal, said the findings address some important questions about tissue-engineering, including whether tissue will grow as patients grow and whether an organ as large as the vagina can develop blood vessels when implanted in the body.